Guilty As Sin (1993)

IMDb plot summary: A female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.

Directed by Sidney Lumet. Starring Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, and Stephen Lang.

Guilty As Sin tells the story of a hotshot female lawyer who decides to represent a womanizer accused of murdering his wife. At first it seems like business as usual, but the more they work together, the more she becomes convinced he not only did it but may be a danger to others. This is pretty much exactly what I want out of a fun thriller -- the stakes are high, the story is a little bit unbelievable but the emotion is realistic proportionate to the circumstances, and the acting is a little cheesy but totally works. Are there plot holes left and right? Probably, but picking those apart isn't nearly as fun as enjoying the wild twists the story throws at you. It made me feel trapped on the level of a supernatural slasher film, where you just have this creeping sense that the killer is never fully dead, he's always going to find a way to come back. This isn't anywhere near Sidney Lumet's most masterful work, but I had a ton of fun with it and I'm glad I saw it.

How it entered my Flickchart:

Guilty as Sin > Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Guilty as Sin > Kuroneko

Guilty as Sin < Six Degrees of Separation

Guilty as Sin < The Pawnbroker

Guilty as Sin < Sansho the Bailiff

Guilty as Sin < Mixed Nuts

Guilty as Sin < Shallow Grave

Guilty as Sin > Ocean's Eleven (2001)

Guilty as Sin < The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

Guilty as Sin > Kiss Me, Stupid!

Guilty as Sin > What Maisies Knew

Guilty as Sin < Robin Hood (1973)

Final spot: #893 out of 3653, or 76%.